List of illustrations | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgements | |
A note on sources | |
Maps | |
Violence | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Crime and Punishment | p. 5 |
War | p. 36 |
The King as Judge and Executioner | p. 36 |
The King as Warrior | p. 52 |
The Church and Just War | p. 61 |
Chivalry and the Laws of War | p. 71 |
Battles | p. 81 |
Battles in Medieval Warfare | p. 85 |
Massacres of Prisoners | p. 91 |
Verden, 782 | p. 92 |
Waterford, 1170 | p. 95 |
Hattin, 1187 and Acre, 1191 | p. 100 |
Agincourt, 1415 | p. 113 |
Towton, 1461 and Tewkesbury, 1471 | p. 129 |
Conclusions | p. 133 |
Sieges | p. 141 |
Sieges in Medieval Warfare | p. 143 |
Storm, Sack and Non-Combatants | p. 151 |
Jerusalem, 1099 | p. 152 |
Chateau Gaillard, 1203-4 | p. 161 |
Beziers, 1209 | p. 170 |
Limoges, 1370 | p. 179 |
Conclusions | p. 185 |
Campaigns | p. 195 |
Campaigns in Medieval Warfare | p. 195 |
Ravaging | p. 197 |
William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North, 1069-70 | p. 200 |
King David's Scottish Invasions, 1138 | p. 208 |
King John's Winter Campaign, 1215-16 | p. 222 |
The Black Prince's Grand Chevauchee, 1355 | p. 233 |
Conclusions | p. 239 |
Medieval Savagery? | p. 245 |
Notes | p. 254 |
Select Bibliography | p. 266 |
Index | p. 275 |
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